This is a deleted thread from the blog titled "Greek University Reform Forum". In this thread, a discussion was going on regarding reports against a candidate for an academic tutor's position at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. These reports, which were published on various blogs and on Facebook, claimed that the person in question was inadequate for the position and suggested extensive corruption inside the university concerned, mainly with regards to a high-profile journalist and her connections to the Greek political system. Whether these accusations are true, partly true, or false, is besides the point. It is only through scrutiny that this can be clarified.

Our source states that "the attorney of the candidate for the academic position, after succeeding in getting a court decision that deemed his client's academic titles and publications "personal data" which were "not publishable" and that the reports were libelous, embarked on a campaign to shut down blogs which discussed the issue. Basically, the lawyer, who presents himself as the de facto expert on internet-related legislation in Greece, embarked on a censorship campaign. Another important aspect of the whole issue is that the attorney, has also started spending quite a lot of online time spewing accusations against anyone who criticizes him for his actions on this matter: he got Wordpress to suspend the Greek University Reform blog unless its owner deleted the thread and bullied another blogger into deleting an entire blog in which the reports were published."

Sources for verification: The owner of the Greek University Reform (http//:greekuniversityreform.wordpress.com) blog, Professor Themis Lazaridis, as well as numerous other bloggers who can comment regarding this issue, because they watched the entire story unfold.